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Labour office services concerned with vocational counselling

This article is written according to the legal status current as of: 2024-01-12

Labour office services concerned with vocational counselling

What is vocational counselling?

Vocational counselling consists of two main kinds of activities:

  • support in the recruitment process – it is the help in selecting candidates for a post that requires special psychological and physical predispositions, which is based on diagnosing predispositions of the unemployed and those seeking employment or directing people to undergo specialized psychological examinations that form the basis for issuing assessment of vocational suitability for a work or occupation,
  • support of vocational development – that is to say, vocational counselling for you your workers concerning training courses and information about the labour market.

Every employer can obtain this kind of support from the labour office.

What should you do if you want to benefit from vocational counselling?

If you are interested in this kind of support, you need to ask about it in your district labour office.

What are the advantages of vocational counselling oferred by district labour offices?

Recruitment with the district labour office enables to:

  • save time and money (recruitment with the district labour office is free of charge),
  • familiarize yourself with the opinion of vocational counsellor about the predispositions of the candidates for work,
  • ensure that the professional methods and instruments are used in the process of recruitment,
  • have freedom of choice,
  • familiarize yourself with the trends on the labour market, and what it comes with, carry out the process of recruitment more effectively.

Useful information

Vocational counselling is"

  • available to every employer,
  • based on the freedom of choice,
  • voluntary,
  • provided on equal terms to everyone,
  • based on confidentiality and protection of the personal data.

Legal basis
Act of 20 April 2004 on employment promotion and labour market institutions (Article 38)

Regulation of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 14 September 2010 on the standards and conditions for labor market services

Regulation of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 12 December 2011 amending the Regulation on standards and conditions for labor market services

Development: Editorial team of Zielona Linia


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